Zhuo Xi slowly retreated, until he hit the wall behind him and had no way back, Zhuo Xi sighed secretly and slowly closed his eyes.

Suddenly, he heard two screams of "oops" and "oops" in his ears, Zhuo Xi opened his eyes and looked, only to see Ge Jiu and Squint both holding their wrists, falling to the ground and howling in pain, squinting while holding their hands, scolding and shouting: "Who is so short-sighted, why are you hitting my hand with a stone, oops, it hurts Lao Tzu to death!" ”

Zhuo Xi looked around in surprise, but what he saw was still weeds and dead branches all over the ground. Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly a familiar figure flashed in front of him.

The handsome and flowing figure, the tall and straight back, even if standing behind him, you can feel his gentle and concerned atmosphere, at this time Zhuo Xi's heart is inexplicably stable, maybe this is the sense of security, she couldn't help but whisper: "Brother Lanyang!" ”

Lan Yang stretched out one hand behind him, protecting Zhuo Xi, and asked with a sideways face, "Xi'er, are you okay?" ”

Zhuo Xi replied: "Thank you brother for saving me in time, I'm fine!" ”

The two people on the ground wanted to run when Lan Yang turned his head to get up from the ground, Lan Yang's eyes were fast, and he threw two stones, which hit the knees of the two of them impartially, and the two of them screamed again and fell to the ground.

Lan Yang slowly walked up to the two, and the two of them knew that they had met a master, and they were busy kowtowing to beg for mercy.

"Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives..."

"Spare your life, my lord, the little one has no intention of offending this girl..."The two of them kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Lan Yang glanced at the two people on the ground and asked, "Which courtyard are you from?" ”

Ge Jiu hesitated for a moment and replied: "The little one is doing chores in the room in the lower courtyard of Rongfang Hall, and he is looking at the warehouse in the preparation area." ”

The reserve area is the reserve storage depot of Ninglu Hall, and all materials that come in from the outside and are distributed to various places must pass through here.

Lan Yang glanced at them coldly and said, "What's going on today?" ”

The two people on the ground glanced at each other, a little hesitant to know whether to explain or not.

Lan Yang saw their concerns and said, "As long as you tell the truth, I won't tell your manager!" If you lie to me, then I can only take you to see the Banner Master! ”

The faces of both of them changed, and they squinted their eyes and hurriedly said: "Adult, the little one is honest, then you have to let the small one go!" ”

Lan Yang hummed and nodded.

Squinted at this time, he said: "Yesterday, several large boxes came in the preparation department, saying that they had prepared some rare things for the Fuliu Society, and they would be given to some important guests at that time. There are not enough people here today, and a few people from other places have been transferred to help, and it just so happens that Ge Jiu and I are fellow villagers, and let the two of us be responsible for carrying a large box together, so... The two of us took advantage of the unpreparedness, quietly opened the box, took an object from it and ran out... I wanted to find a place to hide first, but I ran into this girl. After saying that, both of them lowered their heads.

Lan Yang then asked, "What are you going to do with this object?" ”

Ge Jiu said: "The little one doesn't want to stay here anymore, I want to... When I go home, I still have my wife and children waiting for me at home! So Si Ming and I," he pointed to his squinted eyes, and then said, "Let's discuss getting something valuable, and then find a chance to escape..."

"Nonsense!" Lan Yangfeng raised his eyebrows sharply and scolded: "What nonsense! The people of this condensation hall are all homeless people from all over the world, how can there be such a drag on your family? Besides, it's heavily guarded, so how can you get out? What's more, the mountain road outside is rugged, even if you go out, how can you get home? ”

When the two of them saw that Lan Yang didn't believe them, they were so frightened that they kowtowed and begged for mercy, and finally Ge Jiu said: "My lord, hero, what we said is true." We are different from other people here, we were originally villagers in the nearby village, and half a year ago someone came to our village and said that they wanted to recruit people to build houses, and the wages were much higher than those of other families, so we came here with us. But who knows, it is said to build a house, but it is not built on the ground, but underneath. At that time, we privately said that this was not a mausoleum? But the mausoleum doesn't leave so many mouths, some are in the house, some are on the hillside, in short, it's very strange. ”

Zhuo Xi's mind suddenly flashed with two words: Secret Room!

Siming looked at Ge Jiu, since he said it, he had the final say, anyway, it was uncomfortable to hold it in his heart for a day, so he continued: "Not only strange but also hateful, after the underground house was built, not only did they not pay the wages, but also locked us up, saying that they saw that we were doing a good job, and let us stay and continue to work for them, and said that the wages would not be paid until after a year of work." How can this work, we are all people who have to support our families, and we don't know what our family will be like after a year? So some people secretly ran out, but in the end they were all caught, either beaten badly, or hung on a tree and starved for a few days. Later, everyone saw that they couldn't escape, so it was better to listen to them first, and then make plans later, and then we were assigned to do chores everywhere, and from time to time there were still people who wanted to escape, but then they caught either cut off their arms and legs, or killed directly. ”

Siming pointed to his eyes hatefully, and then pointed to Ge Jiu's hand, and said, "I was originally a carpenter, and I need my eyes to work, but look at me now." Alas, my eyes, and his hands, were all beaten after he failed to escape and was caught, and then no one dared to run away anymore, but it became less and less possible to see them, and we don't know how many people are still alive. ”

Zhuo Xi looked at the two people on the ground with a shocked face, she didn't believe that they were bad people, and at first she tried to reason with them to persuade them not to steal, but they actually wanted to kill her, she really couldn't understand why seemingly peaceful people had such vicious thoughts. Now I know that they have experienced so many strange and dangerous things, is it that they have experienced too many sinister things, and ordinary people will become brutal?

Looking at Lan Yang's thoughtful appearance, Ge Jiu felt that this young man with extraordinary bearing was different from the people of Ning Lu Hall, so he continued: "Although I can't read, I can recognize the figures drawn. So when I was building those houses, I looked at the construction drawings a few more times, and later I found several roads that led to the outside of the mountains with these memories. It just so happened that I was arranged to go to the backup area to help today, so I discussed with Siming about running away..."

Siming kowtowed to Lan Yang again, and begged: "My lord, we really didn't mean to offend this girl, we really miss home... We just want to get home soon! After saying that, a big man actually cried bitterly.

Ge Jiu also kowtowed and begged: "My lord, what we said is the truth, now we will return the things, just ask the adults not to tell our steward, otherwise we will only have a dead end!" With that, he kowtowed a few more times.

Half a year ago... It seems that there is such a thing, once I met Ning Zhangtang brought a lot of villagers to the people, saying that they were repairing houses for Rainbow Spring Courtyard, but then Rainbow Spring Courtyard did not see any movement, but often heard strange sounds coming from underground, and now it seems that Ke Weilong must be doing something.

Lan Yang said to the two of them quietly: "I believe that what you are saying is the truth, but you can't hurt others no matter what. If you want to live, you should ask this girl, and if she spares you, I will not pursue it. ”

When the two heard this, they hurriedly turned to Zhuo Xi and kept apologizing and begging for mercy. Zhuo Xi felt that they were also confused for a while, so he had the heart to let them go, so he said: "If what you said is true, then I will spare you for the sake of your family, but how can you prove that what you said is true?" ”

Now Ge Jiu and Siming are a little confused, how can they prove it? The two looked at each other, and after a while, Ge Jiu said, "I can draw the construction figure in my memory, that construction is very ingenious, but not something that a person like me can come up with." ”

Seeing Lan Yang nodding, Ge Jiu picked up a branch and drew it on the ground, and when he finished drawing, Zhuo Xi and Lan Yang looked at the ground at the same time, and couldn't help but gasp.

Although Ge Jiu had only drawn a rough outline, he could already see the outline of the entire structure, which was exactly the same as the construction of the entire Condensation Hall that he saw on the mountain behind the Torch Hall that day. As Ge Jiu's subordinate, it is impossible to go through the entire Condensation Hall, so this figure should have been drawn by Ge Jiu with his own memory, and it is true nine times out of ten!

Lan Yang couldn't help but feel a chill on his back when he looked at it, this underground secret room and secret passage connected the entire Condensation Hall, if you want to go anywhere, you can go through these secret passages, then, the seemingly safe Fushan Courtyard is actually just its bag. What did Ke Weilong do in building this secret room and secret passage?

Seeing that the two were still pondering, Ge Jiu carefully shouted, "My lord... My lord..."

Lan Yang came back to his senses at this time, squatted down and looked at Ge Jiudao: "You are really illiterate? ”

"I'm illiterate!"

"I'll write a few names, if you find your own name from them, I will believe you, not only will I not pursue today's matter, but I will also help you!" Lan Yang looked at Ge Jiu fixedly and said.

"This, adult, small one is really illiterate!" Ge Jiu and Siming said helplessly to Lan Yang.

Seeing Lan Yang write four names on the ground, Ge Jiu looked pained, only blaming his family for being poor and unable to read, otherwise he would not be so embarrassed now.

"Alright, come find your name." Lan Yang threw away the wooden stick, clapped his hands and said.

Seeing the two of them staring at the words on the ground sadly, pointing at this for a while, and pointing at that for a while, Zhuo Xi felt very funny on the side, when did Brother Lanyang learn to play tricks on people?

In the end, the two of them casually pointed to one and said it was their own, Lan Yang smiled beside him and said, "Okay, you're all right, go dig up that thing and send it back." ”

Lan Yang wrote "Zhang San, Li Si, Wang Wu, Zhao Liu" on the ground, and did not write the names of the two of them at all, he just wanted to verify whether these two people were real farmers.

Siming let out a long breath, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground. But Ge Jiu still had a bitter face and wanted to stop talking.

"What else do you have to do?" Lan Yang asked, looking at his sullen expression.

"I... I'd like to go and sprinkle a... Pee, fast... I can't hold it back..."Before he finished speaking, he crawled to the side with his hands and feet.

Zhuo Xi was so frightened that he hid behind Lan Yang and covered his eyes, Lan Yang said, "Go farther", and turned around and took Zhuo Xi into his arms again......